CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College Blue Hose baseball team (3-0) beat the St. Peter's Peacocks (0-3) in both games of Saturday's double header behind five total home runs. With a 16-6 score in game #1, followed by a 16-1 score in game #2.
 
FINAL SCORE (G1): Presbyterian 16, St. Peter's 6
LOCATION: PC Baseball Complex (Clinton, S.C.)
RECORDS: Presbyterian (2-0) | St. Peter's (0-2)
W: Charlie McDaniel (1-0) | L: Zach Frasher (0-1) | S: None
 
FINAL SCORE (G2): Presbyterian 16, St. Peter's 1
LOCATION: PC Baseball Complex (Clinton, S.C.)
RECORDS: Presbyterian (3-0) | St. Peter's (0-3)
W: Tristan McGregor (1-0) | L: Linden Reaburn (0-1) | S: None
 
HOW IT HAPPENED IN GAME ONE
- Presbyterian struck first when Brody Fahr hit an RBI triple in the first inning, sending Noah Lebron home. Not long after Joel Dragoo sent Fahr home to give PC a 2-0 lead.
- Jack Gorman kept Presby's momentum going with a home run to lead off the bottom of the second inning.
- Lebron doubled down the left field line to send in two RBI's.
- With Lebron on third, Joel Dragoo hit a dinger to left field to put two more on the board for PC.
- In the bottom of the third inning, Rhogue Wallace hit his first home run of the year to give the Blue Hose an 8-0 lead.
- With Charlie McDaniel still holding the Peacocks to zero runs on the mound, Presbyterian continued to increase their lead in the bottom of the fifth.
- With the bases loaded Lebron walked to first bringing Gorman home.
- While three were still on base, Fahr hit a sacrifice fly to right field which brought Jay Wetherington in for a run.
- Eli Lazio scored on a wild pitch, before Ryan Ouzts hit an RBI single before end of the inning with the Blue Hose in front 12-0.
- St. Peter's got on the board for the first time in the top of the sixth inning where they scored two runs.
- With bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning for PC, Lebron was hit by a pitch bringing Gorman home.
- With three still on base, Fahr hit a single up the middle which brought Jake Randolph in for another Blue Hose run.
- Dragoo drew a walk bringing Evan Cuervo home.
- Holden Baker grounded out to second base, but was able to bring Lebron home to make the score 16-2.
- St. Peter's racked up four more runs in the seventh inning, but it wasn't enough to stop the Blue Hose from winning 16-6.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED IN GAME TWO
- With runners on second and third in the bottom of the first inning, Dragoo hit a sacrifice fly to right field which sent Lebron home.
- Not long after Ouzts hit a ground out to the shortstop, he got an RBI for getting Fahr around the bases.
- The Peacocks picked up their first and only run of the game in the top of the third inning.
- With the bases loaded, Ouzts knocked one over center field for a Blue Hose grand slam.
- Ryan Becker reached first on a fielder's choice while Gorman still made it home to put Presbyterian up 7-1.
- Before the end of the inning, Lazio made it around the bases after an RBI single from Fahr.
- In the bottom of the fourth, Gorman hit an RBI triple to right center.
- Not much later Becker singled to right field to get Gorman home and put PC up 10-1.
- To begin the fifth inning, Lebron doubled to left center before Fahr hit an RBI single down the right field line.
- The Blue Hose capped off the day with five more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning with RBI's from Fahr (two), Dragoo (two), and Becker.
- The last two runs of the game were scored on a homer from Dragoo.
 
NOTABLES
- Joel Dragoo has hit three home runs in PC's first three games of the season.
- Ryan Ouzts' grand slam in game #2 marked his first homer of the season.
- Rhogue Wallace marked his first homer of the season of game #1 on the day.
- Jack Gorman hit his first longball of the year in game #2 today.
- Charlie McDaniel pitched an immaculate inning in the top of the fifth with his nine pitches and nine strikes.
 
UP NEXT
The Blue Hose close out their series with the Peacocks on Sunday, February 18 with the first pitch set for 12:00 p.m.